 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The Biden administration and the entire US ruling elite are directly responsible for the war of extermination that Israel is waging against the Palestinians in Gaza. The Israeli army's withdrawal from Shifa Hospital in Gaza on Monday revealed that the complex had been turned into a killing field, with hundreds of bodies of men, women and children showing signs of mass summary execution, torture and mutilation. The Israeli attack is a flagrant act of war, undoubtedly discussed with Washington, aimed at provoking a wider conflict throughout the Middle East with Iran and its allies. Demands for Netanyahu and his fascist gang to step down are valid, but the developing movement must reject all sections of the Zionist ruling elite and their program of genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza. In its increasingly aggressive anti-China moves, India is acting as attack dog of Washington's all-sided offensive against Beijing. UAW net assets topped $1.13 billion even as membership fell to the lowest level since 2009. The so-called "independent" union SINTTIA is described by workers as just another "company union" that consistently takes the side of management. The PWRFC warns that upcoming enterprise bargaining will be used by Australia Post and the Communication Workers Union bureaucracy to impose further cuts to real wages and clear the way for the slashing of jobs and conditions in the ongoing restructure. The major issues currently facing the approximately 50,000 postal workers across the country include real wage cuts, increased workloads and speed-up, multi-tier pay scales, and aggressive bullying from management. With tens of thousands of migrants and their children left at open-air encampments without food, shelter or medical care, diseases and malnutrition run rampant. Millions have been kicked off Medicaid health insurance over the past year after bipartisan agreement to roll back the expansion of the program that was implemented at the beginning of the pandemic. In elections dominated by the cost-of-living crisis and held amidst the genocide in Gaza and NATO's escalating war against Russia, the ruling party suffered a significant defeat. The circumstances facing Sri Lankan students cannot be reduced to the personal indifference of university administrations but are the direct result of spending cuts by successive Colombo governments. Despite the growing evidence for air purifiers and other public health measures, the capitalist ruling elites continue to display criminal indifference to the suffering of their populations. Union announces tentative agreement, unilaterally calls off nurses strike in Staten Island, New York Following its long-standing practice, the New York State Nurses Association is attempting to head off a fight and push workers into accepting an agreement favorable to the hospital. Pollini was one of the most important pianists and artistic personalities of the second half of the 20th century and the early 21st century. Graham is also alleged to have overseen a series of bureaucratic decrees silencing opposition to the Labour Party's support for the Zionist regime and blocking participation in the pro-Palestinians demonstrations. With the election of an ultra-right former policeman to head Fair Train, a strikebreaking organisation is being built that will be directed against all rail workers. WSWS reporters spoke to some of those attending the rallies in London, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds last Saturday against Israel's genocidal onslaught on Gaza. About the WSWS The World Socialist Web Site is published by the International Committee of the Fourth International, the world Trotskyist movement, and its affiliated sections in the Socialist Equality Parties around the world. Find out more about joining the Socialist Equality Party.
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